Garfield High School

LOS ANGELES -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved a major grant for the expansion of a mathematics and science program headed by Jaime Escalante, a teacher made famous by the film Stand and Deliver. The three-year, $457,033 grant is expected to allow about 560 predominantly Hispanic students from low-income families to attend accelerated mathematics, science and English classes this summer at East Los Angeles College and to provide for training secondary and elementary school teachers in Escalante`s methods.

Having severed ties with his longtime manager, Elton John plans to establish his own management company in Atlanta. London tabloids last week reported that the singer, a part-time Atlanta resident, and John Reid had parted ways. Colin Bell, an executive with London Records, will be managing director of Elton John Management Ltd., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Tuesday. Reid became Elton John's manager in 1971. Over the years he has managed or advised such acts as Queen, Simple Minds and George Michael.

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the protesters bearing signs demanding that "Jaime Must Stay!" one of the nation`s most famous high school teachers prepared to say goodbye to Garfield High School on Tuesday -- but not without delivering a few parting shots at colleagues who have opposed him. Jaime Escalante, a charismatic and controversial educator whose dramatic success teaching calculus to Hispanic students was depicted in the 1988 movie, Stand and Deliver, cited...

America`s rigid educational establishment often snubs creative and innovative people, fearing them as a threat to the flabby and comfortable status quo. For mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante, who won national renown for his innovative teaching of calculus to Hispanic students, 17 years at Garfield High School in Los Angeles turned into a mixture of triumph and turmoil. The triumphs year after year occurred as his students, from low-income backgrounds, scored amazingly well on advanced placement tests.

America`s rigid educational establishment often snubs creative and innovative people, fearing them as a threat to the flabby and comfortable status quo. For mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante, who won national renown for his innovative teaching of calculus to Hispanic students, 17 years at Garfield High School in Los Angeles turned into a mixture of triumph and turmoil. The triumphs year after year occurred as his students, from low-income backgrounds, scored amazingly well on advanced placement tests.

LOS ANGELES -- Celebrated math instructor Jaime Escalante said on Wednesday that he will resign from the Garfield High School faculty. Escalante, 59, whose unorthodox methods brought national acclaim to his East Los Angeles high school, said he may leave Garfield in June. He said he may seek employment in another school district or return to the private sector to design computers. An engineer before switching to teaching, he has taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 16 years.

Having severed ties with his longtime manager, Elton John plans to establish his own management company in Atlanta. London tabloids last week reported that the singer, a part-time Atlanta resident, and John Reid had parted ways. Colin Bell, an executive with London Records, will be managing director of Elton John Management Ltd., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Tuesday. Reid became Elton John's manager in 1971. Over the years he has managed or advised such acts as Queen, Simple Minds and George Michael.

LOS ANGELES -- Like any good teacher, Jaime Escalante has days when he feels his students are learning and his life has meaning and then other days when he wants to strangle the next student who crosses him and turn in his resignation immediately. This past week, Escalante, the high school teacher who inspired the movie Stand and Deliver, had one of his bad days, and a reporter for La Opinion, this city`s largest Spanish-language newspaper, was within earshot. The resulting story of Escalante`s plans to leave the East Los Angeles high school he made famous has created an uproar.

LOS ANGELES -- California primary election, Scene 1, Take 1. Democratic presidential contender Mike Dukakis sits on stage at George Washington Prepartory High School, wearing a blue satin jacket and dark sunglasses, while students perform a scene from the musical Grease. Primary, Scene 2, Take 5. Vice President George Bush visits Garfield High School, the mostly Hispanic school in East Los Angeles made famous by the critically acclaimed film Stand and Deliver. The school`s claim to fame: Nearly 70 percent of its inner-city graduates go on to college.

"We're looking at scripts. After what's gone on in the world recently, you realize how important it is to spend time with the ones you love the most." -- Michael Douglas telling the Chicago Sun-Times that he and his father, Kirk Douglas, would like to make a movie together. "For years, no one has been regularly recording these wonderful American patriotic songs. Now, everyone wants to hear them again. The last complete set of popular patriotic selections recorded was done by me. It's been around for years and nobody seemed interested until now."

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the protesters bearing signs demanding that "Jaime Must Stay!" one of the nation`s most famous high school teachers prepared to say goodbye to Garfield High School on Tuesday -- but not without delivering a few parting shots at colleagues who have opposed him. Jaime Escalante, a charismatic and controversial educator whose dramatic success teaching calculus to Hispanic students was depicted in the 1988 movie, Stand and Deliver, cited...

LOS ANGELES -- Like any good teacher, Jaime Escalante has days when he feels his students are learning and his life has meaning and then other days when he wants to strangle the next student who crosses him and turn in his resignation immediately. This past week, Escalante, the high school teacher who inspired the movie Stand and Deliver, had one of his bad days, and a reporter for La Opinion, this city`s largest Spanish-language newspaper, was within earshot. The resulting story of Escalante`s plans to leave the East Los Angeles high school he made famous has created an uproar.

LOS ANGELES -- Celebrated math instructor Jaime Escalante said on Wednesday that he will resign from the Garfield High School faculty. Escalante, 59, whose unorthodox methods brought national acclaim to his East Los Angeles high school, said he may leave Garfield in June. He said he may seek employment in another school district or return to the private sector to design computers. An engineer before switching to teaching, he has taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 16 years.

LOS ANGELES -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved a major grant for the expansion of a mathematics and science program headed by Jaime Escalante, a teacher made famous by the film Stand and Deliver. The three-year, $457,033 grant is expected to allow about 560 predominantly Hispanic students from low-income families to attend accelerated mathematics, science and English classes this summer at East Los Angeles College and to provide for training secondary and elementary school teachers in Escalante`s methods.

LOS ANGELES -- California primary election, Scene 1, Take 1. Democratic presidential contender Mike Dukakis sits on stage at George Washington Prepartory High School, wearing a blue satin jacket and dark sunglasses, while students perform a scene from the musical Grease. Primary, Scene 2, Take 5. Vice President George Bush visits Garfield High School, the mostly Hispanic school in East Los Angeles made famous by the critically acclaimed film Stand and Deliver. The school`s claim to fame: Nearly 70 percent of its inner-city graduates go on to college.

Woody Harrelson assaulted two photographers and unlawfully removed film from one of their cameras, a judge in Boston ruled on Thursday, but he left it up to a jury to determine damages in a lawsuit against the actor. The jury began deliberating after U.S. District Judge William Young ruled on part of the lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses Harrelson of violating the photographers' civil rights and causing them pain and emotional distress. The former Cheers star testified that he was trying to protect the privacy of his 2-year-old daughter and his wife when he scuffled at the Martha's Vineyard Airport with a Star magazine photographer and free-lance video cameraman.

Too young to drink, barely old enough to vote, 18-year-old high- school seniors also may be too young -- some parents and credit counselors say -- to be getting credit cards. But graduating seniors are just the group being singled out by banks and card issuers. With nearly $30 billion in buying power, college undergraduates have long been an attractive market for credit-card providers. Now institutions such as Citibank and Chase Manhattan see a natural "evolution" in their marketing strategy by wooing college-bound high- school graduates as well.